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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Aegeas
Pittheus understood the prophesy and introduced Aegeas to his daughter, Aethra, when he was drunk.
Aegeas' wife, Medea (who had fled from the wrath of Jason and had one son, Medus, with Aegeus), tried to have Aegeas kill Theseus by asking him to capture the Marathonian Bull, but Theseus succeeded.
She tried to poison him but at the last second, Aegeas recognized the sandals, shield and sword and knocked the wine glass out of Theseus' hand.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ae/Aegeas   (523 words)

  
 V84 - The Oracle of Delphi Kylix
The Oracle went by the name of Pythia, as she was embodiment of the Pythian cult, based on the snake Python, son of Mother Earth.
Aegeas (Aegeus) was King of Athens, father of Theseus who went to fight the Minotaur.
She gave him the cryptic advice: " Do not loosen the bulging mouth of the wineskin until you have reached the heights of Athens." Aegeas eventually married and celebrated his honeymoon in a drunken state, from which union Theseus was born.
www.artfromgreece.com /stories/v84.html   (160 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
In Greek mythology, Aegeus, also Aigeus, Aegeas or Aigeas, was an archaic figure in the founding myth of Athens.
The "goat-man" who gave his name to the Aegean sea was the father of Theseus, the founder of Athenian institutions and one of the kings of Athens.
Pittheus understood the prophecy and introduced Aegeas to his daughter, Aethra, when he was drunk.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Aegeas   (761 words)

  
  Aethra
In Greek mythology, Aethra was a daughter of King Pittheus of Troezena[?] and, with Aegeas, mother of Theseus.
Aegeas (King of Athens) went to Troezena[?] (a city located SW of Athens) and met with Aethra, daughter of Troezena's king, Pittheus.
Before leaving, he covered his sandals, shield and sword under a huge rock and told her that when their son would grow up, he should move the rock and bring his weapons back.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ae/Aethra.html   (150 words)

  
 Aegeus
Pittheus understood the prophesy and introduced Aegeas to his daughter, Aethra, when he was drunk.
Aegeas' wife, Medea (who had fled from the wrath of Jason and had one son, Medus, with Aegeus), tried to have Aegeas kill Theseus by asking him to capture the Marathonian Bull, but Theseus succeeded.
She tried to poison him but at the last second, Aegeas recognized the sandals, shield and sword and knocked the wine glass out of Theseus' hand.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ai/Aigeas.html   (498 words)

  
 Aegeas Article, Aegeas Information
In Greek mythology, Aegeus, alsoAigeus, Aegeas or Aigeas, was the father of Theseus and a Athenian King.
Aegeas' wife, Medea (who had fled from the wrath of Jason and had one son, Medus, with Aegeus), tried to haveAegeas kill Theseus by asking him to capture the Marathonian Bull,but Theseus succeeded.
She tried to poison him but at the last second, Aegeas recognized the sandals, shield and sword andknocked the wine glass out of Theseus' hand.
www.anoca.org /he/theseus/aegeas.html   (546 words)

  
 AEGEAS ENTERPRISES S.A. CORPORATION
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www.aegeas.com   (215 words)

  
 Golden Legend, vol. 2 | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
And AEgeas said to him: These be the vanities that your Jesus preached, which was nailed on the gallows of the cross.
Then commanded AEgeas that he should be beaten of twenty-one men, and that he should be so beaten, bounden by the feet and hands unto the cross, to the end that his pain should endure the longer.
And ere that AEgeas was come again to his house, he was ravished with a devil by the way, and died tofore them all.
www.ccel.org /ccel/voragine/goldleg2.x.html?highlight=the,resurrection,of,jesus   (4113 words)

  
 Medea   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Fleeing from Jason, Medea made her way to Athens and married Aegeas.
Aegeas' wife, Medea, tried to have Aegeas kill Theseus by asking him to capture the Marathonian Bull, but Theseus succeeded.
She tried to poison him but at the last second, Aegeas recognized Theseus by his sandals, shield and sword and knocked the wine cup out of Theseus' hand.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/me/medea.html   (790 words)

  
 Medea   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Medea got even by giving Creusa a cursed dress that stuck to her body and burned her to death as soon as she put it on.
Fleeing from Jason, Medea made her way to Athens and married Aegeas, (one son: Medus) father of Theseus, whom he had abandoned as a baby.
Aegeas' wife, Medea, tried to have Aegeas kill Theseus by asking him to capture the Marathonian Bull, but Theseus succeeded.
www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/m/me/medea.html   (574 words)

  
 St Andrew's, Medstead: Saint Andrew
They also record he faced many threats, was persecuted and attacked by mobs, saved forty shipwrecked people, healed the sick, brought the dead back to life, and suffered arson, torture and imprisonment.
Aegeas' brother Stratoklis was also converted and consecrated by Andrew as the first Bishop of Patras.
It is said the Aegeas was so enraged by this that he put Andrew on trial and, because he refused to renounce Jesus, condemned him to death, on November 30, 60AD.
www.standrews.hampshire.org.uk /sta.htm   (1298 words)

  
 Aethra
In Greek mythology, Aethra was a daughter of King Pittheus of Troezena[?] and, with Aegeas, mother of Theseus.
Aegeas (King of Athens) went to Troezena[?] (a city located SW of Athens) and met with Aethra, daughter of Troezena's king, Pittheus.
Before leaving, he covered his sandals, shield and sword under a huge rock and told her that when their son would grow up, he should move the rock and bring his weapons back.
www.wordlookup.net /ae/aethra.html   (341 words)

  
 Theseus
Medea made Aegeas think that Theseus was a threat to him, so the two sent Theseus to kill the bull of Marathon, which Heracles had brought from Crete.
Aegeas saw Theseus’ sword and sandals and recognized them as his own, realizing that Theseus was his son.
Aegeas told the captain to put up a white sail on the return trip if Theseus was successful so that a homecoming could be prepared.
www.doingmyhomework.com /show_essay/People-T-8923.html   (385 words)

  
 Theseus - Questions, Answers, Fun Facts, Information
King Aegeas of Athens was his father and his mother was Aethra.
Luckily Aegeas realised that Theseus was in fact his son and stopped him from drinking it.
Aegeas assumed his son was dead and killed himself.
www.funtrivia.com /en/Humanities/Theseus-9095.html   (979 words)

  
 Oia 1
This is the Aegeas group, 1 apartment and 2 studios around a common courtyard.
The houses in Oia tend to be brighter in colour that elsewhere.
Yannis at Zoe Aegeas tells us there is an official palate of traditional colours to choose from.
www.wright-photo.com /oia_1.htm   (198 words)

  
 The Johnston Letter: Immaculately Yours
He was 16, and had been raised by his mother Aethra, and her father King Pittheus of Troezen, far from Athens, the kingdom of his father Aegeas.
In fact, as the story went, the same night that King Aegeas had been tricked into sleeping with the princess Aethra, having been made drunk by her father King Pittheus, the god Poseidon had ravished her on a nearby island.
Presumably Aegeas was still married to one of his barren wives, or Pittheus had another match in mind for his daughter.
www.danceinsider.com /jill_johnston/j072806.html   (2746 words)

  
 The Crucifixion of St Andrew by CARAVAGGIO
According to the The Golden Legend, Aegeas, the proconsul of Patras, had Andrew held on the cross by ropes rather than nails, to prolong his suffering.
The old man looks weary from his agony, and the sturdy executioner who tries to undo the thongs is twisted round in a vain attempt to release him.
Below a small group are transfixed by Andrew's eloquence: an old woman with a goitre (Andrew cured throat infections), a knight in fl shining armour (the sceptical Aegeas), a middle-aged man and, behind the knight, a young bravo.
www.wga.hu /html/c/caravagg/09/54andrew.html   (276 words)

  
 St Andrew's, Medstead: Saint Andrew
They also record he faced many threats, was persecuted and attacked by mobs, saved forty shipwrecked people, healed the sick, brought the dead back to life, and suffered arson, torture and imprisonment.
Aegeas' brother Stratoklis was also converted and consecrated by Andrew as the first Bishop of Patras.
It is said the Aegeas was so enraged by this that he put Andrew on trial and, because he refused to renounce Jesus, condemned him to death, on November 30, 60AD.
www.hants.gov.uk /standrews/sta.htm   (1298 words)

  
 Xak.com: ANC: Agreement Amathus - Aegeas for merger of shipping activities and establishment of new company
On 02/02/2005, Amathus signed an agreement for the merger of its shipping department with the shipping company Aegeas Navigation Ltd. As a result, the activities of its shipping department and the activities of Aegeas Navigation Ltd will be transferred to the new company Amathus Aegeas Ltd on 01/03/2005.
Amathus Aegeas Ltd will have two departments, the chartering Ship and Agency Department and the logistics department, offering high-level services to all spectrums of shipping operations.
The establishment of Amathus Aegeas Ltd is expected to increase the Company's stake in the market of shipping services.
www.xak.com /main/newsshow.asp?id=41301   (252 words)

  
 in illo tempore » 
November 30, St Andrew, Apostle and Martyr, with images illustrating his life
Aegeas the Proconsul resisted the preaching of the Gospel, and the Apostle freely rebuked him, bidding him know that while he held himself a judge of his fellow men, he was himself hindered by devils from knowing Christ our God, the Judge of all.
Now, the people would have delivered him, but he himself calmed the multitude, and earnestly besought them not to take away from him the crown of martyrdom, for which he longed and which was now drawing near.
Then Aegeas could bear with him no longer, but commanded him to be crucified, in imitation of Christ.
inillotempore.com /blog/pivot/entry.php?id=365   (1288 words)

  
 National Novel Writing Month - National Novel Writing Month   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The others gawked at Aegeas in shock but within seconds, a shower of arrows was soaring in their direction.
A sickening gurgling noise ensued as Aegeas’ ripped the blade out and in one smooth motion, sunk it deep into another’s face that was coming up behind him.
When Aegeas put his dagger away though, Aeneas seemed to find it safe and replaced his as well and began yanking his arrows out of the carcasses littering the path.
www.nanowrimo.org /simpleinfo.php?uid=74571   (1374 words)

  
 PLANTS & FLOWERS OF GREEK MYTH 1
The spittle of the beast dripped upon the earth, and from it sprang the first aconite plant.
The king's wife Medea, recognised the youth, and persuaded Aegeas to let her offer him a cup of wine laced with deadly aconite.
However, just in time, Aegeas caught sight of the sword which he had left Theseus to be a mark of his paternity, and dashed the cup from his hands.
www.theoi.com /Flora1.html   (3631 words)

  
 Cleveland Museum of Art - Our Collections
It depicts the miraculous paralysis that affected the executioners commanded by Aegeas, proconsul of Patras in Greece (seen on the right), to untie Saint Andrew from the cross.
Aegeas was yielding to the demand of the crowd whose sympathy the saint had won after preaching to them from the cross for two days.
The miracle occurred in answer to Saint Andrew's impassioned prayer that he be allowed to die on the cross.
www.clevelandart.org /museum/collect/highlights/high24.html   (346 words)

  
 Hotel Zoe Aegeas Traditional Houses, Santorini. Reserva Hotel Zoe Aegeas Traditional Houses con descuento.
Reserva Hotel Zoe Aegeas Traditional Houses con descuento.
The apartments are located in Oia village, 15 km from Athinios port 12 km from Fira Town and the airport.
Zoe Aegeas apartmetns are located in Oia village, 12km from Fira town, 12km from the airport and 15km from Athinios port.
www.atrapalo.com /hoteles/38414-0_Zoe+Aegeas+Traditional+Houses   (193 words)

  
 The Golden Legend: The Life of Saint Andrew
And the blessed Saint Andrew, whilst he was in Achaia, he replenished all the country with churches and converted the people to the faith of Jesu Christ and informed the wife of AEgeas, which was provost and judge of the town, in the faith, and baptized her.
Then Saint Andrew began to show by five reasons that Jesu Christ received death by his own agreement and will, forasmuch as he came tofore his passion, and said to his disciples that it should be, when he said: We shall go up to Jerusalem, and the son of the maid shall be betrayed.
Then he being all angry, commanded that he should be enclosed in prison, and on the morn he came to judgment, and the blessed Saint Andrew unto the sacrifice of the idols.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/golden132.htm   (4107 words)

  
 Tsakos takes delivery of two ships from Hyundai shipyards
The Aegeas will enter an attractive three year time-charter with a major international oil entity for a fixed minimum rate and a 50/50 profit share should rates exceed that minimum.
Taking into account only the minimum rate, the Aegeas is expected to generate about $21 million in gross revenues over the charter period.
The Antarctic has entered a repositioning voyage until the beginning of June and, upon expiration, it is expected to enter the spot market.
www.shippingtimes.co.uk /item535_tsakos.htm   (337 words)

  
 Tsakos Energy Navigation Announces Delivery and Immediate Charter of Suezmax Tanker Antarctic and Handysize Product ...
The Aegeas will enter an attractive three year time-charter with a major international oil entity for a fixed minimum rate and a 50/50 profit share should rates exceed that minimum.
Taking into account only the minimum rate, the Aegeas is expected to generate about $21 million in gross revenues over the charter period.
The Antarctic has entered a repositioning voyage until the beginning of June and, upon expiration, it is expected to enter the spot market.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-03-2007/0004580039&EDATE=   (849 words)

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